ELIJAH J. BAVARO

• Analyze, reconcile, and resolve inventory discrepancies that affects site's IQA (Inventory quality adjustments) using root cause analysis while utilizing Warehouse Management System and SAP.
• Helped improve shortage claims made by customers by 12.44% and damaged claims by 52.97%.
• Manage inventory locations, site capacity and optimize locations (slotting) for productivity and throughput.
• Lead execution of inventory record accuracy through weekly cycle counting and annual physical inventory requirements (quarterly counts). Active participant during internal/external inventory audits.
• Manage repack department and slow-moving stock within warehouse.
• Helped Reduce internal scrap within warehouse by 37.14%.
• Key liaison to various internal customers for all inventory inquires.
• Study movement of goods to identify gaps in efficiency and other areas needing improvement.
• Conduct daily floor audits to ensure safety and cleanliness of warehouse are being meant.
• Manage procurement requests and act as point-person regarding correspondence and inquiries from customers and vendors.
• Post invoices to correct purchase orders in SAP after they are reviewed for appropriate documentation and approval prior to posting to ensure on-time payment to vendors.
• Review multiple aged vendor purchase orders for credit balances to identify and recover over payments or refunds due.
• Create monthly accrual report, which is submitted to accounting once approved by Planning and Operations manager.
• Maintain physical vendor files per company internal controls.

• Confer with managers as well as sales teams personnel to revise plans and achieve demanding targets.
• Go over production schedule with management outlining milestones and deadlines.
• Check prices and calculate totals on completed work orders for accurate invoice processing.
• Manage warehouse claims creation, submittal and resolution.
• Realign production schedule to factor in changing conditions such as materials shortages or production delays.
• Act as liaison between customer and distribution center.
• Assist warehouse staff on sales orders corrections.
• Analyze weekly reports detailing data such as open work orders, open transfers, inventory on hold and overdue purchase orders.
• Responsible for overseeing physical inventories, cycle counts, random or receipt audits and reconciliations.
• Initiate action to prevent occurrence of any non-conformities relating to product, processes and quality systems.
• Documenting and overseeing damaged product.
• Mange physical inventory - planning and reconciling.
• Receive in PO's and RGA's.

Distribution Center Lead

Lockport, IL June 2020 - December 2020

• Trained new staff on job duties, company policies and safety procedures for rapid onboarding.
• Managed scheduling and task delegation for 20-member warehouse shift.
• Created and enforced detailed organization processes to increase quality service standards.
• Tracked production control systems to proactively identify deficiencies.
• Assisted in production- picking, put away, loading, unloading, and replenishment.
• Addressed internal supply problems head-on and develop creative solutions to prevent delays.
• Conducted interviews by following stringent guidelines and confidentiality laws.
• Entered time sheets on weekly basis for hourly employees (temps).
• Joined company's Safety Committee to share ideas on ways to bolster OSHA compliance and prevent accidents and mishaps.

Inventory Specialist II

Lockport, IL December 2019 - June 2020

• Managed inventory cycle counting processes, product damages and product returns.
• Created weekly damage reports to be approved by customer for destruction.
• Resolved discrepancies with inbounds and outbounds regarding damages, missing product on pallets, etc., then communicate results with customer.
• Addressed customer complaints and requests by resolution or escalation.
• Monitored inventory to maintain sufficient supply levels to meet business and customer needs.

• Bill medical claims to insurance companies using CPR+ (Complete
  Patient Records), which goes through cleaning house Change
  Health to be sent to payor for processing
• Consistently worked reconciliation manager report within Change
  Health for claims that were denied and need to be corrected before
  reaching payor
• Efficiently work on cash velocity report sent from corporate to
  determine if cash target was being reached on monthly basis. If
  not, determine why claims are not paying as well as find trends with
  cretin therapies or payors, and find path to resolution to prevent similar situation from happening again
• Make timely and effective touches on each patient account to resolve any AR over 90 days
• Worked daily denial report to determine why claims denied and
  next best course action to be taken in order to receive payment
• Work on projects passed down from management such as top
  patients whom AR is over 90 days and have immense amount of money tied to their account

Inventory Specialist II

Shorewood, IL - August 2016 - April 2019

• Properly make adjustments within warehouse management system (Provia) to maintain inventory accuracy
• Correctly count product by performing cycle counts weekly, which helped achieved 98% inventory accuracy for site
• Receive and reply professionally to emails from customer by using Outlook to have well establish communication between companies
• Properly research and resolve any inventory discrepancies that occurred throughout shift
• Oversee processes to ensure compliance regarding inventory procedures

Material Handler

Shorewood, IL - December 2015 - August 2016

• Picked outbound orders to be shipped out using stand-up or sit-down forklift
• Loaded and offloaded trailers (Inbound and outbound)
• Audited/ labeled orders to be put away or shipped
• Trained new employees on various procedures within warehouse to ensure that facility standards were being meant
• Knowledge of RF scanner

• Loaded and unloaded trucks with sit-down or stand-up forklift
• Process completed UPS orders using OLCA system
• Restocked depleted inventory in picking locations
• Picked and packed orders for UPS
• Performed routine maintenance on equipment on as needed basis

• Operated SMARTLAM CHK 100/200 Machine
• Operated Card Inkject Printing & Labeling Machine
• Performed accuracy test every 10,000 cards processed to ensure product was not defaulted by using computer software to read card and record it on record sheet